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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
COAST DEFENSE.

As its readers are aware, THE GAZETTE
is consistent advocate of comprehen-
sive and vigorous policy of coast and
harbor defense. Millions of the idle
money rusting in the United States
treasury ought to be in use right now,
employed in building navy and putting
the entire coast line of this country in q
state of defense. In this connection,
then, THE GAZETTE is pleased to note
the announcement, in the New Orleans
Times Democrat, that Southern States
Harbor Defense Congress" is called to
meet at De Funiac Springs, Fla, on
the 18th prox. This congress is called
by leading citizens of Charleston, Ssvan-
nan, Mobile, Pensacola, New Orleans,
Galveston and other prominent Southern
ports. Its object is to consult on the
best means for placing the ports on the
Southern seaboRrd in state of defense.
Several of the Southern governors have
promised to attend in person, and
all the cities interested will send
delegations OF representative men.
The movement is as timely as it
is appropriate The federal government
Is now considering the advisability of es-
tablishing an arsenal, tor the manufac-
ture of heavy ordnance and munitions OF
war, at Columbia, Tenn, and the pro-
posed meeting in February may be the
means of stimulating the project. OF
course the movement Contemplates con-
gressional action, for it is essentially the
province of the federal government to al
tend to such matters. The motive for
this meeting, we take it, is simply to en-
courage congressional progress toward g
policy that will put on foot measures for
the adequate armament and protection Of
every important coast city, all the way
from Portland, Me-, to Seattle, in Wash
ington Territory. 1t is stupeRdous un-
dertaking. but one that is not beyond the
ability of the nation to accomplish. And
that it is stupendous-that it will require
several years for accomplishment, fur
nishes the most cogent argument for the
eariy Inauguration of the work. There
will probably never be more favorable
season than in the next decade. The
means are available, we are
at peace with all the world, and it will be-
hoove US TO keep the peace until we
get navy and coast defenses, for as
matters stand now there is not q nation
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

"ON with the dance, let Joy be uncon-
hned," was carried a little too far at
wedding party in West Virginia a few
few days ago, as it went on so far as to de-
prive the bride and three of her sisters of
their reason. The strains of the fiddle
are certainly inspiring, but that they
should ever lead to such a terminus has
never been suspected. Hereafter the cof-
fin-shaped fiddle case ought to be regard
ed in the same light as hip-pocket or
cartridge-boX.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Having Fun with ",heol."
Waterbury Conn., American.


Here is significant little episode of
the Andover heresy trial: Prof. Churchill
continued: at has been said that in my
capacity 1 have instructed the students to
pronounce 'Sheol with circumfiex &C
cent, expressive of doubt. Laughter. ]
This is not the case. have always taught
that 'Sheop should be pronounced with a
firm downward accent more laughter =
expressive of its deep meaning and posi-
ton" In other words, 6 professor in an
orthodox theological seminary, on trial
for heresy, regarding the awful doctrine
OF hell, guys that doctrine in neat
pleasantly, and finds his joke greeted
with daughter" and "more laughter"
Could anything be stronger evidence of
the standing of the once awful hell doc
trine, even in circles where it is heresy
to disavow a belief IN it?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

IT OCCURS to THE GAZETTE that Texas
is getting along about as well without as
she would with a railroad commission.
If the courts will enforce the Laws already
in existence many of the evils complained
Of would be lessened if not entirely re-
moved. THE GAZETTE, it should be IN
derstood, does not take ground against
the formation OF railroad commission in
Texas. There mag be merit in such a
measure, and if there are, the public is en-
titled to whatever benefit may be secured.
But TIFF GAZETTE prefers to learn ,the
detei,o of such policy before conceding
the advisability Of g departure from the
present state Of affairs. The people do
not want railroad commission simply as
g matter of show. If it will not accom-
pltsh practical good the expense of such
an institution should not be incurred.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

pAiiN newspapers printing news from
all sections are necessarily dependent on
their local correspondents in each neigh
borhood. Not q daily paper in the
state desires to print Misrepresentation
falsehoods or ISLANDERS of men they never
saw or heard of. Amend the libel law SO
that the plaintiff shall be compelled TO
swear that he has applied for rectifcaticn
at the office of the paper and been refused,
and newspapers will ask no more. Norep-
utable or honest public Journal desires to
injure any one by printing libelous mat
fer
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

ACCORDING to the census returns for
1880, for lO9, 724, 2lS pounds of wool used
by manufacturers in making wooden goods
(so-called) there were 9S,2l2,4G7 pounds
of hair, cotton, cotton warp, shoddy and
waste worked into the fabrics. The
shoddy anG waste used amounted to 49,
6SS,9S& pounds. Considering the fraud
practiced upon consumers according to
this showing, the jackson Mich Patriot
suggests that 1t is quite as necessary to
have stamp placed upon shoddY wooden
goods AS upon bogus butter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
IS CHARITY DECREA SIN G..

Mr.. Charles L. Brace, the secretary Of
the New York city Children's Aid Society
in fact, the founder of the society, aud
for thirty-four years connected with 1t
who is more familiar with the cause of
Charity than any other person in that
great city. says in his last annual report
that tie Esprit OF self-sacritice for the
unfortunate is net so strong in our fami-
lies IS it was century or two ago" In
comment lag upon this the New York Sun
maintains thatthis is due in part to the fact
that the influence Of the churches is de-
Citing, and also in some part 10 the in
creasing determination of tine masses to
fight for their OWE Improvement, and to
compel society TO give them what they
want This may, in measure, cause it,
but We attribute II more to the growing
absence of feeling of individual re-
spon6ibilitY occasiored by organization
in charitable work. While this method
CT aiding the poor and unfortu-
nate is an absoIu necessity at
this period, and far better than
the haphezard way OF acting upon im-
pulse and regardless of any investigation
or system, yet there is danger that 1t
may dry up the springs Of human SYM
patty, which are the highest praise and
characteristic feature of Christianity. So
long as want and distress exist we trust
that those Of wealth and comfort may
not forget it, OF imagine that because
there are societies Tor RELIEF the demands
for sacrifice and aid are not pressing ana
worthy of liberal RESPONSE.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
nta, Greenville and several other towns,

lanta, Greenville and several other towns,
including Harold and Wichita Falls. :"
Real estate continues to ap-
preciate in value, and, thanks to THE GA
zETTE of this city, which is great paper
to "boom" the town, everything here
keeps on the move constantly. A gentle
man from Houston remarked yesterday:
"1f every town in Texas had paper like
Fort Worth has, it would not be six years
before the population of the state would
be doubled. Reports that
the "dengue" fever is prevalent in the
state are totally false, and immigration
continues as heavy as ever. Some of the
trains are so packed that people have to
ride on the platforms of the cars. All of
which goes to prove that Texas is "right
peart place" after all.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
SHOOTING AFFRAY NEAR ABILENE.
a Quarrel with Othcers of the Law Result
ing in Killing.

Quarrel with OfhcerS OF the Law Result
ing in Killing.
Special to the Gazette.
ABILENE, Tex, Jan. 22.-Arch Roberts
was shot and killed yesterday by Con-
stable C. T. Traylcr near Guion, in the
southern part of this county. Reports
regarding the particulars are somewhat
meager and conflicting, but as near as
could be learned they are about as fol,
lows: Trsylor, in company with Deputy
Sheriffs Young and Humphrey of this
place, were looking up party charged
with fence-cutting, who was supposed to
be at Roberts house. On their way they
met Roberts and inquired of the mau they
were after. 1t is seid that bad feeling ex-
listed between Traylor and Roberts, and
an alteration was promptly raised
on the spot. Right here the reports as to
who shot or attempted to shoot first, and
as to the exact number so engaged ere
widely contradictory. 1t seems that
Roberts was the first to mike hostile.
movement. His revolver hung fire,
though, and he was shot through the
body five times by Traylor. All three of
the officers are under arrest.a TIaylor
claims that q development of the facts at
the examining trial will show it to be
clear case of seli-defense.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
JOHN BULL UNEASY.
he Does Not Care to be Drawn Into Trouble
With Uncle Sam by the Kanucks.

he Does Not Care to be Drawn Into Trouble
With Uncle Sam by the Kanucks.
OTTAWA, ONT, Jan. 90 1.-THE announce
ment that considerable cipher CORE
spondence by cable had been passing yes
terday between the British government
and the governor generals office caused
unusual interest here. 1t is understood
that it is in relation to the fishery difI-
Guilty and the retaliatory attitude recently
taken at Washington. 1t is positively
known that the British government i'm
pressed upon Sir John Mcdonald when
sanctioning the enforcement OF the fish
cry regulations of the treaty of 1918, after
the abrOgauOn of the fishery clauses of
the Washington treaty in 1885, the neces-
sity Of maintaining friendly relations with
the United States. The fear of being
drawn toto trouble with the United
States By some bunglipg act OF the Do
minion government is undoubtedly giving
cOnside ra3le uneasiness to the British
government, and there is little doubt that
Lord Salisbury is disposed to yield any
reasonable Interpretation of the treaty
rather than strain it to Its utmost limits.
Hon. George f. Foster, minister of ma
rine and fisheries, has been sent for and
is now hurrying mere.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Fort Worth.
Atlanta Dixie Correspondence.

Atlanta DING correspondence
There is quite an excitement in various
portions of the state over the discovery
of minerals of value. Near Bowie, at
Cleburne, and not far from Decatur, in
Wise county, come reports that coal has
been discovered. In the lower part of
the state "gold lever" exists, while on
the eastern side the people are prospect
ing for iron. As predicted in
my last letter, the roller mill "boom" has
struck Texas heavy, and not less than a
dozen mills will go up between now and
April !. A late wrinkle is for the Farm
ers' Alliances to. get up roller mill COM
panies, and thus pool their issues. New
mills are under discussion at Paris, At
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
GAZETTE BRANCH OFFICES.

Dsuas-J. c. McNealus, manager. THE Ga
zETTB is for sale by all newsdealers' oupscrip
tions taken at 6l2 Elm street, Dallas.
Sherman-W. T. Benton, manager.
Denison-Frank Baker, manager.
Waco-W 2. Glenn, manager.
Weatherford-H. B. Dorsey, manager
Psris-C. B Mickey, manager.
,Jefferson-E. W. Cameron, manager
Marsball-Robert Kennedy, manager.
Abilene Z. Minter, manager.
CIeburne-W H. Byrd, manager
FL Paso- j. A. stephenson, manager.
Gainesyille-E. P. Hill ana J. l.. Hickson
managers. -
Ronham-C z. johnson, manager.
Honey Grove-T. Z. Workman, manager.
Baird-Frank Dorsey, manager.
Greenville-Robey Sartain, manager.
CoIorado-W, y. Sewkirk, manager.
Mineola-J. Y. Mcdaniel, manager.
Cisco-A. NJ. Redfeld. manager.
Whitesbore-J. G. Glenn. manager.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

New YORK World.

The loud laughter Of woman in one of
the Metropolitan opera boxes ct the eli
max of the performance OF Fidelia, on
Friday night, marred the enjoyment of
the audience, gave great paln to con-
scientious artist OF well-won renown,
and presented very unhattering side of
the public manners of a certain class OF
New Workers. If the Kisses of the audi
ence do not stop the cackling snd gig
Cling in the boxes, the management
should interfere to 90 so.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Fired ON the Knight, of Labor

KEY WEST, FLA, Jan. 22.-Telegrams
from Tampa says that members of the
Cuban Federation fired on the Knights of
Labor as they were leaving their hall.
One Knight was killed and three seriously
injured. The trouble grew out of strike
inaus urated last Monday. There is much
excitement here among the Cuban
Knights, who are 1000 strong, and money
is being raised for the Tampa union.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Waco Day.

THE GAZETTE says that a strong sui
local cause, has pervaded Fort Worth for
several nights. tits just what everybody
has been looking for. The Fort has had
Brother Dixon Williams and other
evangelists, who talked to the people
with tears in their eyes and luria warn
iugs on their tongues, but to no purpose.
Figuratively they stoned the prophe and
hardened their hearts against salvation.
and now the devil is coming up through t.
hole in the ground 20 claim his own.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Best IL Texas.
TCNarkana World.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE is beyond
cavil Inc best daily paper il Texas. 1t
contains every item Of interest to the
public and is ably and spicily edited. THE
GAZETTE's second semi-annual distri5u-
ton Of prizes will take place on April 3,
1887, and all persons subscribing to the
Sunday or Weekly paper will receive Il
ticket entilling them to chance IN the
great drawing. Subscribers must send
N their names by March 81, and secure j
chance to win q valuable pixie.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
He Doesn't Play.
GalnesylIIe Hesperian.

The Fort Worth GAZETTE nearly goes
into extacies of delight over the fact that
the honorable senator from Tarrant failed
to Gut in an appearance at the Adamless
Eden performance, had at Austin few
nights since. We think 1t would have
been proper for THE GAZETTE to tell its
readers the cause of the honorable gen.
tleman's absence, for the reason that
many suspicious people will be led to the
conclusion that he was engaged in poker
game or something of q similar nature.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

THERE can be no American pork on
the table OF Prince Bismarck, for that he
has interdicted. But there is some meat
provided on which this Cesar has grown
so great as to dissolve reichstags,
threaten entire dominions with vista
ton of his wrath, and, with "who's
afraid " air, buster generally. A lion,
however, is said to tremble at mouse,
and poor little harmless Battenberg, who
needs some recreation, has been ordered
by this potentate to leave Germany i'm
mediately. This land is apparently the
private property of the autocrat, and he
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Expense in the Way.
chicago Herald.

According to Chauncey NJ. Depew, g
fortune awaits the man who will invent
device for heating cars which will not
set them on fire in case of accident.
Probably it is knowledge of this fact
which has made the railroads rather back
wark about experimenting. The inventor
must be satisfied with very small for
tune. Expense is the stumbling block in
the way of improved car heating.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

WHILE the legislature is considering
reforms in the Judiciary, will envy man be
brave enough to rise in his seat and pro-
pose the real remedy for numbering the
supreme and appellate dockets and for
the delays of law and justice: If Texas
appointed its district JUDGES for life and
paid them salaries commensurate with the
responsibilities and requirements of such
places, the dockets of the higher courts
would soon be cleared of large percent
age of appeals, and the people would
have less cause to complain of the laws
delays.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

ReulittanCeS on draft, poStoffce money ordeT or
q registered letter, at risk Of Office
Correspondence is solicited upon al ne7rS SUB
jects. $1,000,
mas Of General interest solicited, and 'rlH be prop
eTiy compensated ,,.,.
IH Communications intended for publication
must be accompanied by the arritcrS name and dd-
dress-Tlot for pubLicGtioR-b1H as an eriae"ce o.
good faith -, ...-, -. ,.....,,
Parties 1rriting to THE GAZETTE on business
personaL TO themselves lcH please incOSe stamp TOR
reply r., n.y., r, =,
shelter on business or for publication should DC
addressed to THE GA ETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUB
LISTING co Fort Forth, Ter, AND NOE TO
INDIVIDUALS.
An checks money orders, postal notes, etc,
should be made payable to the DEMOCRAT PUB
LISTING Co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Wait and See.
Mobeetie Panhandle.

a very hopeful sign for the cattlenen
of Texas is the fact that Dallas, Fort
Worth and Houston have entered into a
friendly rivalry for the establishment Of
a beef refrigerator and Strengthening pens.
Fort Worth is decidedly ahead il the way
of best location, but her people don't
seem 10 know now to manage, and the
is that Dallas Will secure the
works.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

THE strike of plantation hands in
Louisiana at sugar planting time is not
calculated to enhance the public respect
for that "labor organization" which is so
fraught with direful threats to egricul-
tural interests.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

THE GAZETTE is opposed to lease law
in any shape, being persuaded that the
land policy under which the states of the
Union have settled up is better prece-
dent than any set by foreign land. But
if we are to have lease law then give US
an honest law. The present law is a
trayesty on justice, and blot on the
escutcheon of the state, and by its injus-
tice has driven millions of property out
Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

FAILURE in the wires to do their duty
must be THE GAzETTE's excuse for not
printing fuller reports from Austin on
Friday and Saturday mornings. 1t was
not THE GAzETTE's fault, and we can
only place the responsibility where it
properly belongs in our own Justification.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Note the First Ballot,

IyItT ] IIUUHt.
The Fort Worth GAZETTE is discreet
enough to only prophecy as to the first
ballot, while most of the other seers have
got the final result down to dead Ger
tainty. 1t is well that crow is an .abun-
dant fruit in this country, else there
might not be enough to supply the de-
mand later on.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Stockholders Meeting.

FORT WORTH, TEX, Dec. l, 1886.
Notice is nerebytkfven that there VIII be
meeting of tho stockholders of the Southern
Kansas Railway Company of Texas, at the city
of Fort Worth, in he state of Texas, on Tues
day. February /, 1887, at 10 O'Clock n for the
purpose of authorizing the issuance OF first
mortgage or the corporate pFspelSg ana iran
of Sonds to be isspesfNy said company, running
forty yeaxsfrofn tEeir date, drawing interest al
. peg cent per anhum. payable semi annually,
both principal and interest to be payable In
gold coin and limited in amount to $4,000 per
mile of railroad; which said Indebtedness is
necessary for constructing, completing, i'm
proving and operating Its railway.
W. B. STRONG, ISAAC L. BURR,
A W. NICKERsaN, ALDEN SPEARE,
GEO. SEALY, X. 5. WILLIS,
WATERS S. DAVIS, WEBSTER SNYDER,
W. II. MASTERS.
AS Directors Of the Southern Kansas Railway
Company of Texas.
Attest, j. MpLLANE, Asst sec'y.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
If congressional inquiry should be in

If congressionalinquiry should be in
stituted into the land grant railroad man
agement, Commissioner Sparks spotted
map will be diligently consulted, and
Lady Macbeth's expression will find
many utterances from lips of those as
anxious as was the distressed woman
when she cried: "Out, id spot"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

SUNSET Cox is as chivalrous as he is
level-headed. He comedies that in the
order of succession as well as general fit
ness Roger Q. Mills ought TO be the next
chairman of the ways and means commit
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
The Link.

The Fort Worth Daily GAZETTE has
placed hub, showing all the railroads
and projected railroad ontlets to Fort
Worth, ct the head of her first page which
serves as connecting link between Fort
Worth and Daily GAZETTE"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Fort Worth Alive.
Plano Review.

The Fort Worth people are confident Of
the railroad from Greenville via Plano.
In fact, the live business men of that city
are already bidding for our trade and
have succeeded in finding customers.
Dallas should keep an eye on Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Curiosity Seekers.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, Jan 22.-Thousands
of people visited the morgue to-day to
get view OF Mrs. Cabelek, the dead
murderess, and her three children. The
father, it is feared, will be demep1
lies and means at his desolate
fuses to be comforted.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

TRAIN robbers multiply by not being
hunted down promptly and VITA all the
power of the law. Texas can lily afford
an epidemic of train robbery at this time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

RAILROADS never yet failed to make
city and make it big. Fort Worth has
the railroads, and by the end of 1887 will
have fourteen optlets for its trade.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

FORT WORTH has water; Strawn has
coal. Every manufacturing industry that
can be induced to locate here should be
encouraged to come.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

If the leg ,lature will consult the col
umns of TIE GAZETTE ofyesterday morn
ing, strong reasons will be found for q
law ths' says "the pistol must co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
New YORK World.

Tobogganlng might be defined as an
instantaneous sensation, followed by a
long walk up hill.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

sxS,b,cr,bers wishing their address
.he1eed from one postofice to another, must
give fhe oil address as well as the new, or the
change cannot be made.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23
Denounced the PinEertons,

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The United Labor
county convention, at its third session
last night, adopted resolutions declaring
that the employment of special officers
by private individuals and corporations,
was glazing imposture in violation of
American liberty and fundamental law,
and that the Pinkerton men are going
from state to state committing murders,
for which none of them are ever brought
to trial. The resolutions call upon Gov.
Hill to take Immediate action to prohibit
such employment of special officers by
private individuals.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

intends to prosecute all trespassers. He
might, in charity, spare little Battenberg,
he is so harmless, but evidently even
Bismarck is subject to fears.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-23

Cross ties and steel rails are coming
into Fort Worth daily, now.